TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators

Aug 10 (Reuters) --------------------------------------

DAILY INDICATORS

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Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 81.50-81.51 81.50-81.50

Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.50-11.50 06.50-10.75

General index 4,142.24 4,092.16

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS)

Change yr/yr (pct) July 8.03 8.56

M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) May 5,010.88 4,938.01

Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) July 10.57 10.36

Trade balance ($mln)(BB) May *-894.08 -864.24 Exports ($mln)(BB) May 2,199.42 1,982.26 Imports ($mln)(BB) May 3,093.50 2,846.50

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2010/2011 2009/2010 Population (millions) NA *147.7 External debt (pct of GDP) **19.4 20.3 Real GDP growth (pct) *6.7 6.1 Budget Deficit (including grants)

(pct of GDP) *3.9 3.3 Trade Balance ($bln) *-7.32 -5.15 Exports ($bln) *23.00 16.23 Imports ($bln) *30.33 21.38 Current a/c balance ($mln) *995 3,724 Current a/c balance

(pct of GDP) *-0.3 3.7

Agriculture production (constant factor cost in bln Tk) *742.80 707.70

Industrial production (constant factor cost in bln Tk) *1,128.9 1,043.70

* provisional

** Excluding IMF loan

* BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank)

* BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - Aug 10